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What's Different About College Writing? - Coggle Diagram
What's Different About College Writing?
Define Academic Writing
Knowing what your professor is requesting and being able to apply and understand that to your writing.
Knowing the different types of writing your instructors may assign and being able to answer accordingly.
Differences between College and High school writing.
Students in High School just write papers in English class and typically teachers don't give much feed back.
English teachers focus more on limited goals and five paragraph papers..
College instructors are more likely to assign writing, respond into to detail about your paper, and to ask questions that can't be answered in a 5 paragraph paper.
College instructors are specialized in what they teach. While High school teachers aren't
Different types of College papers assigned
Summarize:
Restate in your own words
Define
: To describe
Classify
: Separating shared characteristics
Compare/contrast
: Similarities and differences
Analyze:
Breaking information apart and explaining those parts
Argue:
To state a claim and give supporting details
Synthesize
: To bring more than two ideas together
What instructors expect from student writing
Recognizing what the instructor is wanting you to do
If an assignment isn't clear, seek out help and ask questions
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